When Postgres is not enough: performance evaluation of PostgreSQL vs. Distributed DBMSs

Disclaimer: this post was written by a YDB developer, Evgenii Ivanov . However, the research presented is the result of our joint effort and close collaboration with Evgeny Efimkin , an expert in PostgreSQL who doesn’t work on YDB. It is well known that PostgreSQL is both extremely efficient and feature-rich. The vibrant PostgreSQL community has reshaped the Database Management Systems (DBMS) industry landscape, defining what modern DBMS should offer for application developers and users. At the same time, i